X550/6/88

Personal accounts by individual prisoners of war of events in Singapore and Thailand &c. during their captivity. Includes some original Mss. and edited typescript versions:

1942-1945: Compiled 1946.

From: 1942 To: 1946

(1) Pte. L.J.Bambridge, No. Four Group. Letter to Col. Thomas, written from Wymington, 29 Jan 1946, and typescript version. 7pp (2) CSM E.Bennett. Mss. report on party leaving Nakom-Ni, 8 May 1945 and subsequently, and undated letter from Bromley, Kent, to Co. Thomas. 7pp (3) CSM Bodsworth. Experiences at Wacom Paton. 1pp (4) Sgt. A.W.Burgess. Mss written at Bedford, 10 Jan 1946, and copy transcript, of experiences Jun 1944 - Dec 1945, including journey from Thailand to Japan on SS Hofuka Maru, sunk on the way. 17pp (5) Cpl. F.Carter. Letter written from Radlett, Herts. to Capt. West describing experiences on leaving Thailand for Singapore, and later Japan, 30 Jan 1946. 3pp (6) Sgt. C.Davis. Mss. report and incomplete typescript copy re. journey from River Valley Camp to Saigon, Indo China, 1945. n.d. compiled: c.1946. 7pp (7) CQMS P.Dobson. Mss. report and covering letter to Col. Thomas, written at Bedford, 23 Apr 1946, concerning his escape from Singapore and capture in Sumatra, 1942-1945. 3pp (8) Lieut. M.J.Evans. Mss. report, Jan 1946, with covering letter written from Woburn Sands, 28 Jan 1946, to Col. Thomas; letter to Andrew West 16 Feb 1946; typescript copy of report (as above) on the No. Four Group (Thailand) Party. 11pp (9) L/Sgt. P.G.Hartley. Mss. report, written at Bedford, 31 Jan 1946, and typescript copy, concerning escape from Singapore, capture in Sumatra and subsequent captivity. 5pp (10) Capt. H.L.Hoppe. Mss. report, written 27 Jan 1946, and typescript copy, on "H Force". 4pp (11) Pte. H.Jackman. Mss. account on No. Two Group. Undated. 2pp (12) CSM Pithers. Typescript account of captivity describing work in Japan, 1944-5, with Mss. covering letter from Cpl. Robinson, probably to Col. Thomas, concerning the fate of Pte. Fudge. Undated. 4pp (13) The Rev. F.Stallard CF. Mss. account entitled "The Formosa Story", n.d., with letter written at the Vicarage, Wisbech, Cambs. to Col. Thomas, 13 Jan 1946. 10pp (14) Sgt J.D.Thomas, 2nd Loyal Regt. Mss. statement on the presumed drowning of Sgts. Welham and Wright when the ship Hopuka Maru sank on 21 Sep 1944. n.d. Compiled: c.1946. 1pp (15) Pte. Tomlin. Mss. account of No. Four Group, 1st Pary. Undated. 4pp (16) Sgt. J.Winstanley. Mss. and typescript copy account of journey to Japan by No. Two Group, 1944-5. Both undated. 18pp (17) L/Cpl Winter. Mss. account of captivity in Japan. Undated and unsigned, [but see X 550/6/87 for typescript]. 16pp (18) Unsigned and undated typescript account of experiences at Sonkrai and other camps, 1943-45. 15pp

Further deposit by Lieutenant Colonel J.D.Sainsbury T.D. 23 October 1991

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Bambridge, L.J.,
Thomas,
Bennett, E.,
Bodsworth,
Burgess, A.W.,
Carter, F.,
West,
Davis, C.,
Dobson, P,
Evans, M.J.,
West, Andrew,
Hartley, P.G.,
Hoppe, H.L.,
Jackman, H,
Pithers,
Robinson,
Fudge,
Stallard, F.H.,
Thomas, J.D.,
Welham,
Wright,
Tomlin,
Winstanley, J.,
Winter

prisoners of war, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, Royal Anglian Regiment, 5th Battalion (T.A.) Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment, imprisonment, service personnel, overseas (WW2), private, colonel, sergeant major, sergeant, corporal, captain, lieutenant, clergy names index, letters, Japanese, deaths, Singapore, Thailand, WYMINGTON, Bromley, BEDFORD, Japan, Radlett, Saigon, Sumatra, WOBURN SANDS, Formosa, Wisbech, Wacom Paton, Nakom-Ni, Sonkrai